Is Qatar part of OneWorld Alliance?
As of 2009, Qatar Airways became the 26th member of OneWorld Alliance. Therefore, offering its passengers a variety of benefits in terms of discounted flight tickets, free lounge access, more baggage allowance, and many other flying advantages on the Qatar Airways Flights.
With Qatar Airways’s OneWorld Alliance membership, passengers can now travel to almost 1300 destinations across the globe. Hence traveling to 195 countries within a single network and relying on smooth transits with;
- Efficient baggage transfers.
- Lounge access worldwide.
- Discounted flights.
Therefore, making the flying experience as comfortable and seamless for our customers as possible.
What is OneWorld Alliance?
Established in 1997, the OneWorld Alliance network is the first truly global airline alliance that offers worldwide reach, recognition, and seamless services to foreign passengers.
The acceptance of the OneWorld Alliance by the international airline market is recognized by the numerous awards it holds. Prominently including;
- Air Transport World Market Leadership Award.
- Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax International.
The OneWorld Alliance network of airlines operates nearly 19,700 flights daily to 1,077 airports within 175 countries.
How to achieve OneWorld Alliance status?
OneWorld Alliance’s status levels translate the elite status benefits across its partner airlines. For instance, if a passenger is flying with United Airlines with an equivalence of OneWorld Alliance Gold, he/she would be able to get perks of extra baggage allowance and other things of the sort when flying on OneWorld or any other OneWorld Alliance partner.
Type of OneWorld Alliance Status.
There are two types of OneWorld Alliance Status;
- OneWorld Alliance Silver status.
- OneWorld Alliance Gold status.
OneWorld Alliance Silver status.
Though the Silver status of OneWorld Alliance only gets you a handful of perks, this status can be achieved without any added effort after earning the corresponding status with your favorite frequent flyer program.
The benefits you get with OneWorld Alliance Silver Status include;
ü Priority reservations waitlist.
ü Priority airport standby.
OneWorld Alliance Gold Status.
With the Gold Status of OneWorld Alliance Gold status, one can achieve numerous elite benefits as its the highest level of the OneWorld Alliance program. Hence, also making it more difficult to achieve because you have to earn the highest levels of elite status with the corresponding member airlines to achieve Gold Status of OneWorld Alliance.
The additional benefits you get with OneWorld Alliance Gold Status Include;
ü Priority airport check-in.
ü Airport lounge access.
ü Extra baggage allowance.
ü Priority baggage handling.
ü Gold track expedited airport security.
ü Priority boarding.
How to earn OneWorld Alliance miles with Qatar Airways?
- Join the frequent flyer program of Qatar Airways, also known as ‘Miles & More’.
- Add your frequent flyer program number every time to the flight you book to travel, or you can also add it to your airline credit card application when you apply.
So, these are the benefits Qatar Airways offers for its passengers by being a OneWorld Alliance member.